Corma versus Najar
Looking for a more holistic alternative to Najar? Najar governs software through the purchase: approvals, contracts and expert negotiation. Corma starts with identity, so every app, license and euro is tied to a person and their access.
Identity-first SaaS management. Access, compliance, and spend through governance.
Procurement-first SaaS management. Purchasing, contracts, and negotiated savings.
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Najar, formerly Welii, is a Paris-based procurement and spend management platform for software. It centralizes purchasing through approval workflows, contract monitoring and market benchmarks, and adds a team of negotiators who run vendor talks on the customer's behalf.
Mid-size and large enterprises with a procurement function
2021 in Paris, formerly Welii
Comparing Corma and Najar? Both reduce the cost and the chaos of a growing software stack, but they attack it from opposite directions. This comparison covers SaaS discovery, access governance, provisioning, license optimization, contracts, negotiation and total cost.
Najar, formerly Welii, is procurement-first. Purchases run through approval workflows, contracts and renewals sit in one repository with market benchmarks attached, and a team of negotiators takes the vendor conversation off your plate. For organizations with a procurement function and a renewal calendar full of six-figure contracts, that leverage is real and Corma does not replicate it.
Corma is identity-first. It connects to the identity provider and HR system you already run and ties every application, license and euro to a person and their access. Unused licenses surface from access data rather than from invoices, leavers are deprovisioned automatically, and access reviews produce the evidence an auditor asks for under ISO 27001, SOC 2 or NIS2.
The practical question is where your money leaks. If it leaks at the negotiating table, a procurement platform answers that. If it leaks through licenses nobody uses and accounts nobody closed, the answer sits in the identity layer. Read the full Corma versus Najar comparison to see which fits your team.
The Comparison
Najar, formerly Welii, takes a procurement-first approach: it centralises SaaS purchasing through approval workflows, contract monitoring and benchmark data, and puts negotiators at the table on your behalf. Corma starts one layer earlier, at identity and access, and automates what happens across the stack. The two solve different halves of the same problem.
Identity-first: every app, license and cost is tied to a person and their access.
Procurement-first: software is governed through the purchase, the contract and the renewal.
Native provisioning and deprovisioning from your identity provider and HR system, in every plan.
No provisioning into connected apps; identity integrations are used to read accounts and usage.
Self-service catalog with approval workflows; approved access is provisioned automatically.
Purchase request and approval workflows, aimed at the buying decision rather than the access.
Built-in review campaigns with exportable evidence for ISO 27001, SOC 2 and NIS2.
Not part of the solution.
Identity provider, finance data and browser extension — including apps that never touch SSO or an invoice.
Discovery from finance data and identity integrations such as Okta or OneLogin; no browser extension.
Ungoverned tools surface together with the accounts behind them, so you can revoke access, not just report it.
Unmanaged spend surfaces through invoices and expense data, not through the accounts behind it.
Unused licenses surface from access data and can be revoked or canceled in one click.
Usage is challenged as part of the service; savings come from renegotiation rather than automated reclamation.
Renewal dates, notice periods and spend forecasts in one view.
Contract repository, renewal monitoring and market benchmarks — the core of the product.
Connected in minutes, productive within days to weeks, no professional services required.
Longer onboarding suited to enterprise procurement, with an account manager for vendor talks.
Free tier, then per-user plans — you can start without talking to sales.
Quoted per contract; third-party directories list entry pricing from around €15,000 per year.
No negotiation service — savings come from removing the licenses nobody uses.
Expert negotiators run vendor talks on your behalf, with reported savings of up to 36 percent.
Growing IT teams and mid-market organizations, roughly 50 to 5,000 employees.
Mid-size and large enterprises with a procurement function.
IT, Security and Compliance.
Finance and Procurement, with IT as a stakeholder.
Which platform fits your team?
Corma is best for
Teams whose money leaks through unused licenses and accounts nobody closed
IT, security and compliance teams that have to prove who has access to what
Companies that want onboarding and offboarding automated end to end
Mid-market teams that want to start free, without a procurement project
Najar is best for
Organizations with a procurement function and large renewals to negotiate
Finance-led teams that want every purchase to run through one approval flow
Buyers who want market benchmarks before they sit down with a vendor
Companies happy to hand vendor negotiations to an external team
Setup at a glance
Deployment in days to weeks for SMBs
Longer onboarding process suited for enterprise complexity
Connects to your existing identity provider and HR system
Integration with finance systems and expense tracking tools
RBAC policies and approval workflows configured
Approval workflows set up along your procurement process
Ongoing maintenance mostly automated by the platform
Training for finance and IT teams on using the benchmarks
User training focused on self-service access requests
Account manager coordination for active vendor negotiations
Why IT teams rely on Corma
Automation
employees onboarded and offboarded automatically
Time spent
spent less with Corma per week for management
Cost Efficiency
saved monthly by optimizing SaaS licenses
Shadow IT
to detect Shadow IT applications
What IT teams say about Corma
“Corma is very useful and user friendly. It helps us save money and prevent potential security threats.”
Chief Operating Officer, Media
“I like how it’s very easy to see all the apps that have been accessed by our employees.”
Chief Engineering Officer, Healthcare and Biotech
“I think Corma is a really great app that has lots to offer and working with them has been great.”
IT & Security Administrator, Software
Buying better, or governing better?
Najar makes the purchase better: structured approvals, benchmarked contracts and negotiators who argue the price down for you. Corma makes the stack better: who holds what, which licenses nobody touches, what gets revoked when someone leaves and what an auditor gets to see. If your renewals are the problem, Najar earns its fee. If your access is the problem, no negotiation fixes that. A demo on your own stack shows which it is.
Book a demoCan Corma replace Najar for software spend optimization?
Yes — Corma optimizes SaaS spend by automating license management and eliminating unused tools, without relying on complex vendor negotiations.
Which is more cost-effective for SaaS management: Corma or Najar?
Corma is more affordable for SMBs seeking automation and access control, while Najar suits larger companies focused on centralized SaaS procurement.
Is Corma better than Najar for SaaS access and license control?
Yes — Corma offers advanced user provisioning, RBAC, and license lifecycle automation, which Najar lacks in its procurement-first approach.
What’s the key difference between Corma and Najar?
Corma focuses on identity and access management (IAM) and license automation, while Najar is built for SaaS procurement and vendor contract negotiations.
